When Sara entered their apartment later that night, she saw a strange looking woman lying down on the couch besides Joreen as they both watched an american movie together.

Taking a closer look at her, she recognised the woman as Miss Changyu and was a bit taken aback since she had never seen her dress that way. And what's more? She was wearing her clothes!

"Welcome Big sis" Joreen welcomed her.

"Miss Changyu. You are awake. How is your health?" Sara moved closer to where they both were while Changyu sat up.

"I am alright dear. Sorry about this. I had nothing else to put on" Changyu was referring to the clothes she was putting on.

"And sorry for crashing here tonight." She added.

"No... It's fine. It's totally okay. I am glad you are better now. Did you eat already?"

"Oh yes I did." Changyu answered with a smile. She did not know why she liked Sara a lot. She thought the girl was really cool.

"Where is dad?" She asked Joreen before looking around the house since she had not seen him since she entered.

As she asked, she saw him come out from the direction of his room.

After greeting him, she followed him inside the room so they could both talk.

"Where is she sleeping tonight?" Jianjun asked her uncomfortably.

Sara suppressed a laugh before answering.

"Can't you both stay together?"

"What do you mean stay together?" He quickly cut in nervously. "How can the two of us sleep in the same room?"

"Why can't you?" Sara continued to tease.

"I'll dress this room for her. You should tell her to come sleep here. I'll use the couch tonight. And.. I left dinner for you. Make sure you eat."

"Anything you say Sir" Sara answered with a smile before returning to the sitting room to go inform her.

As he was arranging the bed, he saw the little box hidden under the pillow and wondered why it was there.

He knew very well that he had not left it there last night.

After his meeting with Changyu the previous night, he had taken it out to go through the stuffs inside. And because he was not very emotionally stable, he did not remember to return it.

When he was about to return it, Joreen had entered his room and so he had hidden it under the bed.

Because a lot had happened, he forgot to return it.

He continued to look at the box in confusion and wondered whether she saw it.

But he concluded that she did not because if she had, she would not have remained quiet.

He decided not to think much about it and returned the box to where he always kept it.

****

Minde's eyes did not leave Eva and her girlfriend as he watched them drink and laugh together.

Unlike Emma who was wearing a mini red gown, black heels and heavy makeup, Eva on the other hand was wearing a pencil black Jean trouser, a blue turtlenecked sweater and a black boot.

It was his very first time seeing her dress so casually. Also the first time he was seeing her hair flow about freely and not tied in a ponytail.

He could not seem to get the fact off his head that Eva had always known he was Li Minde but treated him like a nobody.

As he kept watching them from his own corner like a spy, a lot of pretty ladies made a pass at him but today, he was not ready for any of them.

The one he was actually ready for was busy laughing with another lady who kept touching her occasionally.

Soon, he saw another man try to make a pass at Eva, and frowned.

From experience, he knew that most men were more interested in ladies who dressed and looked rather conservatively than those who appeared too flashy and so, a lot of men had approached Eva but she kept blowing them off.

His hunch was correct after all. She was not interested in men at all. Why else would she come to a club and solely focus on a lady?

But he became slightly worried because she was drinking a lot and it was not good for ladies to drink too much in a club.

'What is something bad happens to her?' He thought for a moment on what to do about it but something kept reminding him that none of it was his business.

He hissed and gulped down his own glass of wine.

"Annoying. Very annoying." He muttered to no one in particular.

"You have been staring at her the entire time. Why don't you just go talk to her?" A young lady said to him before sitting beside him.

"What are you talking about?" He looked at the lady in confusion.

The lady looked like a model: Tall, slender, pretty. Everything one could think of in a top model, she had it all.

"The lady over there. You have been staring at her ever since you appeared here." She looked towards Eva's direction.

"Why aren't you talking to her if you fancy her?" She asked again before flashing him a flirty smile.

"I stare at every pretty woman I see. She just happen to be one of them" He answered with a smirk.

It was better than saying the lady over there was his 'boss' at work.

"So... What about me?" She asked coquettishly with two of her fingers trailing up his right arm.

"You are pretty too" He answered nonchalantly with his gaze back on Eva as he saw a man try to pull her up forcefully.

He frowned as he watched the scene unfold.

The young lady beside him followed his gaze and saw where his interest lied. She was not wrong after all. He was only interested in her.

"Looks like things are going to get slightly messy." She said with a smile and relaxed to watch whatever was to happen.

As he watched the big man tighten his grip around Eva's arm to force her up, he could not take it any longer and stood up.

In a flash, he appeared in front of them.

"What do you think you are doing man?" Minde asked him in displeasure.

"Eric...Wu?" Eva had not expected to suddenly bump into him there.

She looked at him in surprise with flushed cheeks which were caused as a result of the drinks she had been having.

Even Emma who had been trying to make peace with the man so he would leave Eva alone, was surprised that her friend knew someone that dashing.

"Who the hell do you think you are?" The big man asked angrily.

"Someone you don't want to mess with"

After Minde said those words, a pleasant smile appeared on his face. 'Damn! That's some nice lines yo!' He thought to himself in English.

He was bold because he thought the man was not going to fight him. They were inside a top club and he thought the security should be there any moment since they were already beginning to draw the crowd. But he thought wrong. Because no matter how much he looked around, he did not see any security.

"Eric stay out of this." Eva said to him before turning to look at the big man.

"I already said I do not want to dance with you. Why are you still being annoying?" She asked drunkenly.

At this point, the man did not seem to be paying any attention to her. His gaze was still fixed on Minde who had just dared him.

Before Minde knew what was coming, he felt a punch hit his cheek and he stumbled.

Next place he found himself was on the floor.

"What were you saying again?" The man mocked Minde whose hands were covering his right cheek.

"Are you crazy?" Eva yelled at the man in anger.

He was about holding her hand again but she was able to dodge it and used her knee to kick him in his crotch area.

He had not been able to recover from the pain before he felt her kick him in the gut.

Before anyone knew it, he was already on the floor.

Everyone looked at her with wide eyes. Even Emma was shocked at what she had just seen.

"Are you alright?" Eva crouched down and asked Minde who was also looking at her in shock.

"How...how did you do that?" He asked in surprise.

The man was obviously big. Far bigger than him. Yet, she was able to take him down while he could not even throw a punch?

"We should leave now before the Security comes." She advised him before helping him up.